Up in the Laguna Mountains, in the east of San Diego County, right where the mountains drop away into the desert, but still way up in the pines…
Five notes. C, C, C, A, A. Quarter note, eighth note, quarter, quarter, quarter.
(Approximately, anyway.)
Five notes, then a long pause, and then the same five notes again. He can do this for hours! Very monotonous…but still kind of pleasant.
Anybody know whom I’m hearing?
(I looked at several on-line bird-call guides, but couldn’t find it.)
Happy birding!
No clue, but did you try whatbird?
chiroptera: Whatbird is a nifty site, but doesn’t seem to have a feature to identify birds by their calls. There are some other sites that do this…but I keep coming up blank.
Ah, well! A mystery!
Great area, a lot of migratory birds are showing up there right now. Let us know if you figure it out.
They’ve hidden it pretty well, butthis page on the whatbird site has two different ways to search by call.
I have no idea what C, C, C, A, A sounds like.
But I do know that the only bird I’ve ever heard singing 5 notes sounded like a cross between the chorus of Cher’s “Gypsies, Tramp and Thieves” and the opening of Black Sabbeth’s “Iron Man.”
Is that the same budgie?
C to A falling or rising? If falling, then I’d guess a chickadee.
That’s the little guy! Mountain Chickadee! Thank you!
Good mountain trails, although the lakes are dry these days. The Chickadees are good company along the way!